Customs Officers in 1821 In 1821 the treasury commissioned a report called Parliamentary Papers Volume 14, which included details of men appointed to the customs service since 1816. This list highlights men appointed to the customs service who served on the Rivers Crouch and Blackwater.   Location Role First name Surname Bradwell Preventative Boatman Stephen Bull Bradwell Coast Waiter James Jordan Bradwell Preventative Boatman George Shepherd Bradwell Coast waiter William A Spurgeon River Crouch- Burnham Sitter in preventative Boat Thomas Cooper River Crouch - Burnham Sitter in preventative Boat William King Paglesham- River Roach Preventative Boatman Samuel Dodd Paglesham- River Roach Chief Preventative Officer Jos Foster Paglesham- River Roach Preventative Boatman William Webb Rattlesnake Cutter Mariner Bamber Brook Rattlesnake Cutter Mariner George Henry Enchantress Cutter Mariner William Dudley Enchantress Cutter Mariner Edward Pilcher Location not given Clerk to Collector William Blackbone Location not given Boatman Jo Gurnett Location not given Coalmeter Charles M Handley Location not given Inspector of Preventative Boatmen George Hays Location not given Coalmeter S Horton Location not given Sitter in preventative Boat Lt W Neame Location not given Sitter in preventative Boat Benjamin Preston Location not given Coalmeter Philip Reeve Location not given Coalmeter Thomas Reeve Location not given Coalmeter Robert Palmer Remember that this is not a list of all the customs men in this area in 1821 it is a list of those who joined the service since 1816. * A coalmeter was a customs clerk who literally count  the coal that was being delivered as coal was a valuable commodity which had a tax in it. A coast waiter was a customs officer who supervised shipping for the landing of goods and excise associated with the landing.

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